1867 Confederate Joseph Shelby 1ed Civil War Battles MISSOURI Arkansas INDIANS
John Edwards’s “Shelby and His Men” is a rare history of the Civil War and the Confederate officer Joseph Shelby. Edwards focuses on the Missouri Cavalry in the western front with descriptions of battles and troop movement in Arkansas, Missouri, and Texas. In addition to Civil War battles, this book describes confederate army battles against Indian tribes in Arkansas.
Notable Missouri interest throughout this book – battles in Booneville and Springfield, the Cape Girardeau expedition, capture of Neosho and Stockton, Journey through Cole Camp, Tipton, Sedalia, and Otterville.
Per Nevins,
“Through sentimentality and eulogy, Edwards elevated Shelby and his men to the ranks of the angels.”
Item number: #27426
Price: $499
1867 Confederate Joseph Shelby 1ed Civil War Battles MISSOURI Arkansas INDIANS
John Edwards’s “Shelby and His Men” is a rare history of the Civil War and the Confederate officer Joseph Shelby. Edwards focuses on the Missouri Cavalry in the western front with descriptions of battles and troop movement in Arkansas, Missouri, and Texas. In addition to Civil War battles, this book describes confederate army battles against Indian tribes in Arkansas.
Notable Missouri interest throughout this book – battles in Booneville and Springfield, the Cape Girardeau expedition, capture of Neosho and Stockton, Journey through Cole Camp, Tipton, Sedalia, and Otterville.
Per Nevins,
“Through sentimentality and eulogy, Edwards elevated Shelby and his men to the ranks of the angels.”
Item number: #27426
Price: $499
EDWARDS, John N
Shelby and his men, or, The war in the West
Cincinnati: Miami Printing and Publishing Co., 1867. First edition.
Details:
- Collation: Complete with all pages
- viii, 9-551, [1]
- Includes engraved frontispiece and folding map
- References: Sabin 21925; Howes E 54; Nevins I 85; Dornbusch II, 2714
- Provenance: Handwritten – J. Lawrence
- Language: English
- Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
- Brown cloth
- Size: ~9in X 6.25in (22.5cm x 15.5cm)
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Categories
Americana, American History
Military & War
Civil War
Authors
EDWARDS, John N
Printing Date
19th Century
Language
English
Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete